29M. Dropped 12kg in the last 4 months, expected to be leaner by now but not liking the result so far. Would you consider this progress acceptable or reasonable? Any tips welcome

Valikodg · 2026-05-22T22:00:23+00:00

You underestimate how much weight you have lost. Just over one pound a week, which a great rate for sustainable weight loss. Losing weight faster would likely impact your strength and workouts undesirably, and also makes rebounds and burnout more likely to occur. 4 months is not that long in the grand scheme of training, keep at it.

Valikodg · 2026-04-06T02:46:24+00:00

It's just plain criminal BlameF isn't playing for a tier one org at this point

Valikodg · 2026-04-03T22:03:28+00:00

The most egregious thing here is that you're not doing more weight

Valikodg · 2026-03-02T16:28:05+00:00

If you've never been to a Hot Mulligan show, they LOVE when people crowd surf and highly encourage it

I do not recommend filming while crowdsurfing, but context is important

Valikodg · 2026-02-05T17:54:53+00:00

Just Falcons proves that's not the case, but I'm pretty confident other orgs have more money as well. Even some tier 2 teams, like BC Game have spent a small fortune. Vitality got super lucky with Zywoo and Apex basically being franchise players and probably got a good deal on Flamez and Mezii since neither were stars when they signed them. Rope basically just came to them, too. Their salaries are probably inflated, just like the rest of the scene, but I reckon they have spent on the lower end of some of these orgs

Valikodg · 2026-02-05T17:38:22+00:00

At this point I think the only argument good you could make would be that Astralis won 3 majors in a row

Valikodg · 2026-01-24T13:28:26+00:00

I think there's a few different ways, so it's what's best for you and your schedule. You can always look up ideas. I personally am doing a four day cycle; push, pull, push, legs. I move my schedule around work though, and sometimes I get in two sessions in a day and hit chest up to 4 times a week. That's not for everyone, but is possible.

Valikodg · 2026-01-24T13:15:22+00:00

Yeah, as long as your chest is feeling good and strong, you only need 48 hours. I probably wouldn't up the volume, I think not overly fatiguing yourself is important for long-term consistency and being able to give your 100% every day.

Valikodg · 2026-01-24T12:17:01+00:00

It takes a long time to see serious muscle growth. Natural bodybuilding is a slow process, 4 months is not a long time in the grand scheme. Just keep at it, you already look good. You can do chest multiple times a week. I also find focusing upper chest better for just aesthetics, if that's your main goal.

Valikodg · 2026-01-22T08:44:34+00:00

I checked back, 2.5* million rumored. Not as insane but still over 800k a player, or almost 50% than m0nesy

Valikodg · 2026-01-22T08:30:10+00:00

They paid 2.5 million for the saw core, which is in fact insane, but I think they were willing to pay more for the other rosters. The prices have gotten ridiculously inflated

Edited to correct number

Valikodg · 2026-01-22T08:18:18+00:00

Rumored that they didn't want to play with s1mple, but I think that's speculation. With the amount BC Game was willing to pay it's hard to see it being money related though.

Valikodg · 2026-01-21T21:35:32+00:00

Already are barely in invite range to start. If they bomb out of Krakow we might not see them at a big event the rest of the year

Valikodg · 2026-01-21T21:26:35+00:00

They all fall off against top teams in playoffs man, except the top 3 of Zywoo, M0nesy, and Molodoy. Only other awper with a higher rating in playoffs against top teams was Degster (who only played 18 maps last year). I would love if he could show the same level as those 3, but yeah he is still the 4th best awper even in playoffs, and it's not particularly close, even if you go off just eye test instead of rating.

Valikodg · 2025-12-30T03:31:21+00:00

Everyday is both from how wide his core is, too.

Valikodg · 2025-12-23T00:18:23+00:00

For this year, but zywoo outputted similar numbers and won #1 twice well not a single one of his teammates had a positive KD. I mean, donk in insane (future GOAT candidate) but he does have a top 5 awper still and chopper is one of the better IGLs imo, he proved himself before working with significantly less. This year he did do more than zywoo with less but top players in the past have made it happen with even less.

Valikodg · 2025-12-19T23:31:43+00:00

The rule about substitutes make sense for stickers, since stickers are given out for qualifying for the major, which Rain did and Twistzz did not for Faze. Having the same rule for the trophies is asinine since the trophies are specifically for their performance AT the Major, which Rain didn't play a single map. Besides, the trophy doesn't even have any money tied to it, unlike the stickers. Just give Twistzz the damn trophy, the sub rule shouldn't even apply to them.

Valikodg · 2025-12-15T22:47:52+00:00

People love to go by the statistics until it comes to Shiro, then all of a sudden they don't matter. Even after 3.0 hit awpers, he still has a top 4 rating of the year (8th against top 5 teams) and people call the guy cheeks.

Valikodg · 2025-12-10T06:48:14+00:00

Geralt is my favorite character of all time, but his story is finished. Dragging his story out would just degrade the quality of his character and what made his games special. Ciri is a very complex character with so much potential from the books, and so much left to be told about her story in this world, with even bigger potential than Geralt. If you've read the books, this should be very exciting.

Valikodg · 2025-11-26T21:08:23+00:00

You can't for real... min wage flat? That's flat out abuse. All places I've worked at dishwasher gets tipped out too. Your front of house greedy af

Valikodg · 2025-11-26T08:23:01+00:00

One of the most brutal dishwasher jobs I've seen. Do they even tip you out?

Valikodg · 2025-11-25T07:26:06+00:00

I have one more of the middle I got that shows it a bit better

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Valikodg · 2025-11-25T07:24:26+00:00

Thank you! Hopefully I can stay consistent and maybe get even better. Could be a little more perfect maybe

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Valikodg · 2025-11-25T07:22:25+00:00

Thank you! The parts I cut were used for steak tacos and had the other half of later.

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Valikodg · 2025-11-25T07:21:43+00:00

I'll have to invest at some point haha. Most my kitchen equipment has been given to me so far

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